Aegires petalis

Aegires petalis is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.[2]

Aegires petalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Aegiridae
Genus:
Aegires
Species:
A. petalis
Binomial name
Aegires petalis
Fahey & Gosliner, 2004[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Anemone Reef, Madang, Papua New Guinea.[1][3] It has also been reported from Japan.[4]

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References
  1. Fahey S. J. & Gosliner T. M. (2004). A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Aegiridae Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Phanerobranchia) with Descriptions of Eight New Species and a Reassessment of Phanerobranch Relationships. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 55(34): 613-689.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegires petalis Fahey & Gosliner, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-07
  3. Fahey, S. J. & Gosliner, T. M., 2005 (July 5) Aegires petalis Fahey and Gosliner, 2004. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Aegires petalis. Diving tank, Japan.
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